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Karate—the worlds most popular martial art—originated in Okinawa, now a Japanese prefecture with strong historical ties to China as well as Japan. Over 1,000 years old, Karate began as a training practice for monks in the ancient Orient. It owes the fundamentals of its techniques to Kung Fu, from China, and Japans jujitsu fighting, but also contains elements of other fighting systems, including Roman gladiatorial combat, Japanese sumo wrestling and the type of weaponless fighting native to countries like Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Okinawa was under the strong influence of both China and Japan from the 14th century, but had its own language and culture until 1879, when it was officially annexed by Japan. Various rulers between the 15th and 17th centuries set a ban on weapons to prevent rebellion, which resulted in the rise of weaponless fighting techniques. The native Okinawan martial art, called Te (hand), combined with Kung Fu to become known as Kode Te (Chinese hand), which was changed to Kara Te (empty hand) around the turn of the 19th century with the advent of Japanese rule.

A fighter named Gichin Funakoshi was credited for introducing Karate to the Japanese, and later to the rest of the world, when he led a demonstration in 1921 for then-Crown Prince Hirohito during a royal visit to Okinawa. After World War II, when U.S. forces occupied Okinawa, American soldiers began training in Karate methods, and Karate is now practiced by 50 million people around the globe.

Incorporating special breathing and shouts, Karate is as much about self-discipline as it is about power. Karate stresses striking as opposed to grappling or throwing an opponent. Fighters direct focused strikes with the hands, elbows, knees or feet towards the most vulnerable areas of the opponents body, including the face, neck, spinal column, groin and kidneys. A geri, or kick, is a focused blow with the leg delivered either low, to bring the opponent to his knees, or high, to cause injury to the head. In competitive karate, fighters are only allowed to hit above the waist, and all blows are pulled; in a traditional fight, any of the blows can be fatal.

Training methods for Karate fighters include breathing techniques as well as strengthening the hands by driving them into containers of sand or rice and striking special punching boards. Fighters wear loose fitting white uniforms similar to pajamas (called gi) and no padding or protective gear. They train at centers called dojos, and are ranked by a belt system—adapted in the 1920s from Judo—with belt colors ranging from light (white) to dark (black) to indicate ascending levels of mastery.

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[UKSlayerX5]

Before watching this I had no Idea Karate was so Hardcore, but in the western cultures no-one would be willing to dedicate most of their lives to martial arts study, so I suppose they have been watered down somewhat.

[GameOf2Halves]

"Sensei liked to kick it old school" :-) Guys, please. Show some respect.

[GoobleCakes]

here is the beauty of this martial art...too bad in the western culture people don´t see it :(

[Blazureokami]

@UKSlayerX5 its wierd in the west. In england people take the piss out of martial artists but dont realize how tough they are. Sadly karate and a lot of martial arts arent taught that well in general here. Theres so much padding and protection for health and safety that you never learn or internalize the need to dodge block or strike hard. I was in a kung fu class and after like 10 minutes of actual tech it turned into padded up sad punch-tag where all the technique went out the window :/

[TheLolthazun]

@UKSlayerX5 very very watered down.

[lguitarn]

when i watch this i just think mr Miyagi

[DUKENUKEM6943]

I watched this and i broke this guys spine woth a spinning back kick thats what you get motherfuckers

[Pitfighter2000]

karate is indeed hardcore specialy uechi-ryu and kyokushin.uechi-ryu ist one of the most physical karate styles since they spend so much time on sanchin to harden up their bodys.

[schulleee]

hitting a rock is just like doing the duckwalk for training, it completely fucks your body up !!! just look at his hands lol they are all swallen up.

there is "healthier" ways to condition your bones than that oO

[TrungKolokotroni]

@Alesandros356 dude the temple would have been okinawan thus naming the Japanese and also forcing the Japanese not to raid a budhist temple of another culture

[Alesandros356]

they practised their karate in secret.....in a TEMPEL....

how can that in any way be stealthy? now i understand why they thought the ninjas had supernaural powers...the old asians were retarded

[Derrickman930]

shihon nikute